people focus on taking down mitt romney. i think he'll get questions tonight about what he would do in the future. to me that's the most important thing. second is he needs to go back to defining mitt romney on his terms. will he bring up the 47% quote? will he bring up bain capital? i think he's lost the advantage on defining mitt romney in negative terms. all along he said if he's going to win, he has to make mitt romney an unacceptable choice. he has to find a way to do that in the context of a town meeting where the voters and the people watching the voters interact with the candidates don't want to see a slash and burn. >> mitt romney's been emboldened over the last two weeks or so by his own performance at that first debate. you put out a map thattive goods him more reason for confidence. you say democrats that you talkeded to are more concerned than they've been in the past. let's take a look at that map and see why. >> if you look at the polling data state by state, it's clear governor romney is currently on the upsw